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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2012Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 6:13 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2012, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 6:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Colora, MD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

361 
WUUS51 KPHI 222213
SVRPHI
MDC015-222315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0044.120622T2213Z-120622T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKTON...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
  MILES WEST OF CONOWINGO...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF LANCASTER...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCK SPRINGS AROUND 630 PM EDT...
  OCTORARO AND CONOWINGO AROUND 635 PM EDT...
  RICHARDSMERE AROUND 640 PM EDT...
  WOODLAWN...WEST NOTTINGHAM AND RISING SUN AROUND 650 PM EDT...
  FARMINGTON AROUND 655 PM EDT...
  CHARLESTOWN AND BAY VIEW AROUND 710 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7586 3972 7580 3947 7579 3951 7600
      3952 7599 3954 7603 3954 7606 3956 7610
      3958 7608 3963 7616 3965 7616 3972 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 288DEG 15KT 3968 7628

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil62 min
Jun 22, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil119 min
Jun 22, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil54 min
Jun 22, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent59 min
Jun 22, 7:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICecil93 min
Jun 22, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent69 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.